Survivor's Sandra: The Two Time Champion

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We talk to the stealthy contestant.

By Eric Goldman

Four previous winners went into Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and ultimately, it was one of those four who would win the season – and in the process become the game's first two-time champion. That person was Sandra, who was perceived as a non-entity and an easy person to beat at the end by Russell – only for him to discover she was anything but.

The night Sandra won, I spoke to her about her fellow final three contestants, Russell and Parvati, what it's like to win Survivor twice and more.

Sandra: Because he never watched my season. He just got here and claims to love this game. He didn't know who the hell I was.

IGN: But he did know you won. Did he just delude himself into thinking you were easy to beat?

Sandra: I don't know what kind of Survivor he plays. He just thinks everybody loves him. "America, America, America." He's full of it. It [the Fan Favorite] was rigged. That's all I have to say.

IGN: Your alliance fell apart. What did you think about what happened with Tyson?

Sandra: That was the first move that put us under, because other than that, we were on top. It was dumb. As a matter of fact, when it happened, I was like, "Who betrayed us, because there's no way Tyson would have put himself out of the game." So I couldn't wait to go home and see how it worked out, because I actually had to watch it to figure out what happened.

IGN: You're considered an under the radar player, but to me, you play an aggressive version of the under the radar game.

Sandra: Maybe in Pearl Islands I was a little bit under the radar, but this time, I was just telling it like it is, because I felt, I'm a winner, they're going to come after me [anyway]. I don't have to be quiet. I don't have to be invisible. It's just what gets put on TV.

IGN: Every time Russell would tell you to your face, "I'm going to take you to the end, because you're easy to beat…"

Sandra: I would say, "Take me to the end." One time I said to him, "If you take me to [near] the end and I make it to the jury, you know I'm going to vote for you." Oh, he ate that crap up. Then he says to me later on, "So, you're going to vote for me?" I was like, "Oh, no." "You said you'd vote for me, if I got you far!" You're crazy, I'm playing my game. It's your fault, if you don't know my season. And it's everybody else's fault that they don't want to get rid of you.

And he should give credit to Parvati, Danielle and Jerri for keeping him in the game, because had they ever turned on him – any one of them – he would have been gone. So they deserve a thank you from him. Because he's the goat! Parvati said he was her pet dragon. He's actually her pet goat, because she brought him along. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

IGN: You and Parvati seemed to get along really well.

Sandra: We didn't have to make an alliance for us to learn that we mutually had to take care of each other.